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Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Dec 17, 2008 at 09:33 AM
Ken wrote:
>This is great to hear. Dropbox sounds like a solution that might work for me, but what is
>promised, and what works are often two different animals. While I have tried EN2.X, I
>never really got the hang of their model. Web synching has some great potential for the
>way I work, and I am not quite ready to turn everything over to the “clouds”.
Dropbox is one of the two cross-platform (Linux included) alternatives that I considered. The other is Diino ( http://www.diino.com/ ) which I am currently trying out; it’s not free, but it seems more mature to me. As long as I didn’t require Linux compatibility, my choice was Nomadesk ( http://www.nomadesk.com/ ).
I am personally wary of totally free online sync/backup options. Indeed, recently a number of such services were discontinued, including X Drive (owned by AOL). Sideline: as far as I remember, X Drive also existed in the 90s and closed down afte the dotcom bubble burst. Then it reopened and now its closing down again. So I now opt for moderately priced professional packages.
I would also like to drop a positive line for Evernote. Until I tried it, especially with a mobile capture device, I wasn’t impressed. But the ease with which one can enter notes, images etc, from virtually everywhere, is unmatched. I think they are on to a winner. One of the best tools they have is the Web Clip to Evernote which works like a simple bookmark and can be accessed from any computer regardless of OS—even one with no Evernote installation, such as an internet cafe.
alx
Posted by Ken
Dec 17, 2008 at 04:43 PM
Thanks for the links and information, Alexander. I so dearly wanted to like Evernote when it first came out, and it is on several of my machines, but I never seemed to get the hang of their “endless roll” metaphor. I will have to give it some additional consideration.
—Ken
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Dec 17, 2008 at 06:07 PM
Ken,
You will be pleased to hear that the ‘endless roll’ metaphor no longer applies to Evernote (3) at least in the web and, I think, the Mac version. One now gets nice single sheet views of notes. In fact, they have just added a pop-up note view to the web client.
Interestingly, around the same time that EN3 came out roll-less, I noticed public WCs getting similar single-sheet toilet paper :-)
alx
Posted by Ken
Dec 17, 2008 at 08:31 PM
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Interestingly, around the same time that EN3 came out roll-less, I noticed
>public WCs getting similar single-sheet toilet paper :-)
Coincidence? I think not! ;)
—Ken
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Dec 18, 2008 at 03:14 PM
Just a note to say that Evernote has now added file synchronisation to its premium accounts:
http://blog.evernote.com/2008/12/17/new-feature-file-sync/
As far as I can understand, the main difference is that this feature can handle any type of file attached to a note, whereas free accounts are limited to specific file types that Evernote can display, such as JPGs and PDFs.
alx